Japan Mission News and REVIEW Extras by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jan 6, 1916

Japan Mission News and REVIEW Extras

By Editor

WHILE the cable report from Japan last week gave no particulars of the cause of the death of Brother Clarence C. Hall, it is evident from a letter dated December 7 that his illness must have been very brief. Writing to the Mission Board from Tokio, December 7, Elder F. H. De Vinney, superintendent of the Japan Mission, speaks in encouraging terms of the work being done by all the new recruits for 1915. Of Brother Clarence Hall’s work he says: “Brother Hall has taken hold as if he knew his business and had been acquainted with the conditions here for years. He is getting our printing on a basis so that we are intelligent as to what we are doing in the printing house, and he has made many improvements in methods. His work as treasurer is entirely satisfactory. We are glad that he is here, and he seems to be contented and happy, as does also Sister Hall, and that goes a long way toward success in the mission fields.” This is a good tribute to a fellow worker whose labors have been abruptly terminated.

WE gave our readers last year sixty-four numbers of the REVIEW, including the Extras, instead of the customary fifty-two numbers. It is probable that an equal number of Extras will be issued during the present volume of the paper. These Extras have had a large sale, averaging about one hundred thousand for each issue. They contain much valuable matter in cheap form for general missionary purposes. We are glad that our brethren are using them liberally, and trust that the coming year may give them a greatly increased circulation.